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??? Explora Session 3: 9AM PST/11AM CST/Noon EST Start
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THE GATES | THE COURTYARD | THE FOUNTAINS | THE GARDENS
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THE GATES | THE COURTYARD | THE FOUNTAINS | THE GARDENS
THE GATES
Beyond it, a second gate is shut. This gate is not the same as the previous—it is latticed, with enough space to put a hand through but with sharp enough edges to caution one from being too hasty in yanking it out afterward. They reach up to the vaulted arches of the ceiling, apparently impassable. ]
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That sure is a gate.
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What, just some gates? [He passes through the open gate and gently touches the latticed gate, but is not foolish enough to stick any appendages through.]
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when he gets to the second, his first move is to examine it and see if there's any sort of mechanism on this side of the gate, or anything that looks off anywhere. ]
Hmmm...
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Not touching anything yet. ]
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Anybody wanna shrink and come with?
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Do we have a Bad End in the house today?
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If so they are doing that to help the alchenerds with that heavy chain.]
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PASS THE GATE
For those of you who have been permanently altered—by Lilith, by your time before in Hell, be it by any other means—stop. You cannot move, now. Your legs will not move as you will them. Rooted to the stone floor below, you feel your physical alterations keenly in your own awareness, flaring up. With the burn and cleanse of alcohol, stinging on a wound, but the wound doesn't vanish nor heal, the burn only intensifies.
It is hard to move.
It is hard to think.
And all through your head, your thoughts turn on you with precise mental scrutiny: what sins are being reflected? Judgement has been passed upon them, and now you will bear their marks. Bearing their marks, you are not worthy to pass through the gates. Toss yourself back over to the abyss from whence you came. You should not be here. You cannot be here. The echo inside your head does not cease. ]
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THE COURTYARD
Trees line the marbled square, stone slabs jutting out from the walls that the previous occupants evidently used as tables, for silver platters sit on the slabs along with trinkets, glistening in the sunlight brightly—perhaps even too brightly. On the platters are various fruits, as well as pitchers; unrelatedly, there are various trinkets too.
The food isn't just localized to the stone tables; cloth is spread on the ground near a few trees with those silver platters as though one were having a picnic before abruptly leaving. Some slabs have what looks like game pieces, markings etched into the stone. There are also, it seems, various sticks and balls and little nets set up, as though this courtyard was for people to play games in.
Everything here is bright, and you can almost see the motes of light settling, as if only just stirred. The air itself is palpable, and breathing it in feels sharp—like your throat is dry, or like you're drinking a carbonated beverage. It doesn't last, the pain is hardly mentionable, but the weight clings to your throat, heavy.
From here, there are a number of entrances, though most gates are completely sealed shut. However, there's one gate that's open for you, leading down a hallway.
You may also turn back to the gate, if you really wanted to. . . ]
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going to take some of the games to put in his bag]
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[Throws a ball in a hoop?]
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[ she's ignoring the gates for now to be a thief,
hm, perhaps she does deserve to throw herself into the abyss... ]
[ L O L. ]
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Definitely a different atmosphere...
[ first, he's going to go up to one of the silver platters, picking up one of the trinkets to investigate. ]
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Checking out the fruit and the trinkets, do any of the fruits resemble the apple he got from the flower game garden once upon a time, or the one grabbed by Amaranth? Is?? There even anything about them that's notable from other fruits at a glance really?????]
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SOME FEARFUL SYMMETRY
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THE FOUNTAINS
And perhaps bathing is what this place is for; etched into the marble in front of you is some sort of scripture, difficult to read, but if you concentrate you can see the shapes move to become readable:
Given where you are, is it wise to take a bath right now. . . ? ]
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THE GARDENS
In the center of this roughly circular area is a broken-down stone fountain. The water sits stagnant, and nothing remains of the fountain’s design except a basin and the shattered base of a once-golden sculpture.
The light here is twilit—or just kind of dim, if you want to be less romantic about it. Looking overhead, it’s easy to see why: actually, the sky isn’t visible from this place at all. Instead, there’s a dense canopy of branches forming an almost perfect dome.
Perhaps this place is familiar to you.
Or… perhaps you aren’t truly here at all? Each step you take, the ground beneath your feet seems to shift and then dissipate, like fine mist. ]
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He shuffles up to the statue and places his hand on the sculpture. He tries to remember what it used to look like. There was rather memorable game for BARiTONES that started in a garden.]
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